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London, London, September 1st, 2026, Chainwire ALKEMYA METACORE SCSp SECURES INITIAL USD 50 MILLION INVESTMENT AHEAD OF LISTING OF TOKENISED EQUITY NICKEL OFFERING Alkemya Luxembourg S.à.r.l. (“Alkemya”), the sponsor, is pleased to announce that Alkemya Metacore SCSp has secured USD 50 million in a pre-launch capital raise for its precision industrial nickel wire business backed by Class 1 nickel wire. It is announcing the sale of additional ALKN tokens in a new tranche (the “Token”) at USD 1.0 per Token.  The offer, which is being arranged by Hanover Square Capital (UK) Ltd, will take place on Bitfinex Securities. The offer…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 1st, 2026, Chainwire Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has expanded its Islamic Account with 20 additional Shariah-compliant trading pairs, the first batches that will bring the total number of new pairs to 100 this year.  The newly added pairs include: NIGHT/USDT, XPL/USDT, SOMI/USDT, MON/USDT, IP/USDT, RECALL/USDT, CC/USDT, SEI/USDT, ZKC/USDT, ZORA/USDT, WAL/USDT, XAN/USDT, STRK/USDT, AI16Z/USDT, ATH/USDT, ZBT/USDT, S/USDT, 2Z/USDT, CAMP/USDT, and INIT/USDT. Each verified Shariah-compliant pair has undergone review by Bybit’s Shariah advisory partners to confirm compliance with Islamic finance principles prior to listing. The expansion will continue in stages, with new…

George Town, British Virgin Islands, September 1st, 2026, Chainwire Aster, the privacy-first onchain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, today announced the kickoff of USD1 RWA Boost: Phase 1 with World Liberty Financial (WLFI), featuring 125,000,000 $WLFI and 6,250,000 USD1 in rewards. The campaign builds on AOS-2, Aster’s earlier expansion of its Aster Open Standards (AOS) framework from spot markets to perpetuals. Leonard, CEO at Aster, said: “AOS-2 is turning Aster from a decentralized perp exchange into an open infrastructure layer where anyone can launch and operate their own perpetual markets on top of Aster Chain. The first USD1 RWA…

From the data presented by Lookonchain, it appears that Metaplanet, the Tokyo-listed Bitcoin treasury company, has moved 2,400 BTC to Coinbase Prime, and Wintermute has shifted 5,100 BTC to Binance. Both of these transactions have aroused fears of selling in the cryptocurrency world. Metaplanet Sends More BTC to Coinbase Prime On August 31, 2026, Metaplanet transferred another 2,400 BTC, which were worth $186 million at the time, into Coinbase Prime. This move came after the company transferred 1,000 BTC on August 25 and 1,350 BTC on August 28. This move by the company has caught the attention of the traders…

Gold has fallen 5.5% from the 4,697 three-month high it reached on August 25, trading near 4,436 at press time. Goldman Sachs still expects 4,900 by year-end. The slide has pushed the metal under its 200-day moving average. Barchart said gold has now recorded multiple closes below the line, the first since early June. Gold Price on September 1. Source: TradingView Gold Rally Stalls at a Level Traders Watch Closely The 200-day moving average tracks an asset’s average closing price over the previous 200 sessions. Gold now sits under that line, which stood near 4,529. The metal briefly traded below…

Michael Saylor recently published an essay arguing that institutional custody and securities can expand Bitcoin without eliminating self-custody. On the same day, Strategy reported $2.0065 billion of net MSTR share-sale proceeds, $5.10 billion in its USD Reserve, $1.59 billion in a new USD Cash pool and a $136.4 million repurchase of STRC preferred stock.Saylor’s “The Bitcoin Reformation” defines sovereignty as the ability to choose among direct ownership and transparent institutional claims. Strategy’s Aug. 24 Form 8-K shows the company raising, protecting and reallocating capital through exactly those layers while holding 840,447 BTC.The essay remains attributed directly to Saylor; Strategy’s formal…

US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $201.9 million in net outflows for the August 28 session, ending a nine-day inflow streak and giving traders a cooler signal after a strong run of ETF demand. The outflow marks a shift from the prior sessions, when spot Bitcoin ETF demand had been one of the cleaner supports for market sentiment. ETF flows are not the whole Bitcoin market, but they have become one of the most visible measures of regulated investor appetite. That makes the break in the streak important. It does not mean institutional demand has vanished. It does mean the market…

US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) returned to inflows on Monday, led almost entirely by BlackRock, while Ether, XRP and Solana funds continued attracting capital.SoSoValue data showed that Bitcoin ETFs recorded $216.7 million in net inflows on Monday, reversing the $201.8 million in withdrawals recorded on Friday. The Friday outflows ended a nine-session run that brought more than $3 billion into the funds. Bitcoin (BTC) was trading near $78,700 at the time of writing, up about 1.5% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko. Meanwhile, Ether ETFs extended their inflow streak to 11 trading sessions, while XRP and Solana funds each…

The SEC has charged 38 entities for allegedly using false filings to make themselves appear legitimate as registered investment advisers. The agency’s action, announced in Press Release 2026-148, targets entities accused of feigning regulatory status through misleading filings. The case is not limited to crypto, but it matters for digital asset markets because false legitimacy is a recurring problem across online investment schemes, token offerings, advisory services, and trading platforms. In crypto, perceived regulatory status can be powerful. A firm that appears registered or supervised may attract investors who believe it is safer than it really is. That is why…

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